POULTRY KEEPING 199 



There is of course a movement on foot to 

 introduce new appliances of every description 

 both elaborate and simple. Needless to say 

 the impetus has largely come from America. 

 The Anglo-American Poultry Company and improved 



f^ , . i, appliances 



Cyphers incubator Company may be specially 

 named, as having introduced improvements 

 likely to revolutionise the poultry industry. 



Figs, i and 2 give the Cyphers Duck and 

 Broiler Plant at Wayland, New York, near 

 Buffalo. "It consists of a 3oofoot brood- 

 ing house of the latest pattern, heated by 

 hot water and regulated by a Cyphers 

 electric regulator." It is stated in the 

 catalogue that " during the past four years 

 thousands of pounds of green ducks, broilers 

 and roasters have been produced and sold." 

 Of course this is all carried on, on a truly 

 American or " mammoth " scale, which is 

 quite beyond the scope of ordinary people, 

 as an immense capital is necessarily required. 

 "Broilers" is the American name for young Broilers " 

 birds from five to six weeks old, which are 



